diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index e3b92ec..b5f2aac 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Configure Steam to switch between Steam Input or X360 Controller mode
 - Steam Games detection also works for X360 Controller mode
 - STEAM+B will kill foreground if hold longer than 3s
+- Allow to configure `StartupProfile` in `SteamController.dll.config`
 
 ## 0.4.x
 
diff --git a/SteamController/App.config b/SteamController/App.config
index 4bb2fb6..7a9fc55 100644
--- a/SteamController/App.config
+++ b/SteamController/App.config
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
             <setting name="EnableSteamDetection" serializeAs="String">
                 <value>False</value>
             </setting>
+            <setting name="StartupProfile" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>Desktop</value>
+            </setting>
         </SteamController.Settings>
     </userSettings>
 </configuration>
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diff --git a/SteamController/Controller.cs b/SteamController/Controller.cs
index e04ed06..579ecdb 100644
--- a/SteamController/Controller.cs
+++ b/SteamController/Controller.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ namespace SteamController
 
             stopwatch.Start();
 
+            context.SelectProfile(Settings.Default.StartupProfile);
+
             contextThread = new Thread(ContextState_Update);
             contextThread.Start();
         }
diff --git a/SteamController/Settings.Designer.cs b/SteamController/Settings.Designer.cs
index 3e6c85a..1c541b2 100644
--- a/SteamController/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/SteamController/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -34,5 +34,17 @@ namespace SteamController {
                 this["EnableSteamDetection"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("Desktop")]
+        public string StartupProfile {
+            get {
+                return ((string)(this["StartupProfile"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["StartupProfile"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/SteamController/Settings.settings b/SteamController/Settings.settings
index 2f8dfb4..74d32a3 100644
--- a/SteamController/Settings.settings
+++ b/SteamController/Settings.settings
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
     <Setting Name="EnableSteamDetection" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="StartupProfile" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">Desktop</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
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